Inspection of MMU: SAC Chairman Prime Minister gave necessary guidelines

State Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspected the Myanmar Maritime University under the Ministry of Transport and Communications in Thilawa of Thanlyin Township in Yangon Region on 24 December 2021.

At the meeting hall, the Admiral and the rector reported to the Senior General on the background history of the university, implementation of the assigned missions, organizational setup of the university, academic measures, training of the university meeting international standards, practical training, cooperation with international universities, and participation of the university in the State projects.

After hearing the reports, the Senior General said that this university is a valuable university for the State. Myanmar possesses more than 140,000 square miles of territorial waters and more than 1,260 miles long of coastal areas. The Ayeyawady, the Chindwin and the Thanlwin rivers are facilitated with ports.

The university turns out the maritime professionals who are of importance in local and international maritime transport. It is necessary to appoint those who graduated from the university. It is employment for Myanmar to show their skills for the development of the nation and the creation of job opportunities.

The graduates from the university must be deployed for management of small and large ports so as to contribute much to the development of the nation. Myanmar needs to build overseas-going merchant vessels and other vessels to extract the natural resources from the seas while conserving the sea resources. The shipbuilding engineers who graduated from the university need to serve at the shipbuilding works of the nation.

As part of emerging the outstanding shipbuilders, the Senior General stressed the need to give practical exercises to the students. The ship building professionals from the MMU need to lead the shipbuilding process at the shipyards of the nation. Necessary faculty members will be added to the University for giving effective training to the students. The Senior General discussed the need for giving training to the students from the small vessels to the ocean liners with the use of basic knowledge.

The MMU was opened for its first batch at the compound of Myanmar Mercantile Marine College in Hsinmalaik of Kamayut Township in 2002. It conducts undergraduate courses, postgraduate diploma courses and master’s engineering courses. The university has turned out 4,137 graduates, 1,052 diploma holders and 17 ME graduates from 2007 to 2020.